RAIL STRIKE COMMITTEE RELEASES STATEMENT

ZAGREB, Dec 8 (Hina) - "By ignoring negotiations on important issues - including the security of passenger transport, the state of the motor pool, the rails and the installations, working conditions and bad investments - the Railways management proved it did not care an iota about rail workers, escalating damages, the passengers and the entire Croatian public," the rail workers' strike committee said today in a statement. The statement summarises talks between the strike committee and management representatives: The first talks ended two days before the strike began on December 8. Since then parties have come no closer to talks except for a formal session on December 12, called by the Minister of Transport at the request of several members of the management board. The strike committee said it understood the inconvenience the rail strike was causing train travelers and urged all those who used rail services to demand an immediate resumption of talks. (hina) jn sd as 142052 MET dec 94